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FLORIDA WOMAN WHO FLED TO AVOID SON’S CIRCUMCISION STILL JAILED
A Florida woman who fled to avoid the circumcision of her son remained behind bars Friday while her attorney sought a restraining order against the boy’s father to keep the surgery from proceeding. Heather Hironimus was arrested Thursday and was being held at the Broward County Jail, two months after she ignored a judge’s warnings she must appear in court and give her consent for the procedure to avoid imprisonment.
OFFICIALS: MISSING CENTRAL FLORIDA MOM, BABY SAFE
Officials say they are close to closing a missing person’s investigation after being furnished with photographs that appear to show a central Florida mother and her baby alive and well. Altamonte Springs Police Sgt. Rob Pelton said Friday that the final step to clear the case is to “place eyes on” 21-year-old Jessica “Elizabeth” McCreery and 7-month-old Penelope Hogarth. They have been searching for them since Tuesday.
FLORIDA GOVERNOR GRUDGINGLY OKS ONLINE VOTER REGISTRATION
Florida will join nearly two dozen other states and make voter registration available online, but it won’t come before the crucial 2016 presidential election. Gov. Rick Scott on Friday signed a bill that mandates online registration by October 2017. But Scott acknowledged he was approving the bill with “hesitation,” a nod to the criticism heaped on the proposal by the state’s top election official, who is appointed by the Republican governor.
RARE FLORIDA ORCHIDS TRANSPLANTED FROM LAB ONTO SCHOOL TREES
About 20 rare cowhorn orchids were returned Friday to the South Florida landscape that was once their home before suburban sprawl and over-zealous collectors nearly wiped them out. Jason Downing of Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden showed about 25 high school students how to use burlap twine and coconut fibers to tie the plants with thin green leaves and dangling white roots onto tree branches in an arboretum at Jose Marti MAST Academy in Hialeah.
POLICE ID SUSPECTED SCHOOL BUS SHOOTER IN JACKSONVILLE
Authorities say they are looking for a 16-year-old boy who they believe fired a gun at a school bus, wounding two girls. Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Director Tom Hackney told reporters on Friday that the suspect and two other teenagers got into an argument with two other teens on the bus. Hackney says the argument was over another person who died previously. He says as the bus pulled away at least three shots were fired.
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